The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-06-11

pose, but sea of lofty peaks and
messas. They are in an immense
basin, standing in the Pedonraeis
pass in Chihuahua at the east side
of an immense prairie or plain.
One looks down upon the Bufa or
Cusihuirachi, which is 100 feet
above the sea level. The famous
Yaqui river rises in the plains of
Chihuahua on the east side Of the
Sierra Madre, flows northeast of
the mountains, turns and flows a
little south of west, nearly due
southwest, nearly northwest and
then southeast, and finally, having
passed through them, turns and
flows almost southwest to the gulf
of California.
There are more streams to the
Sierra Madre than out of it in the
two states of Chihuahua and SonO-
ra. A person who has not seen it
can have no idea of what jumble
of peaks, canyons and torrents it
is. There is no way of solving the
mystery but by organized effort.
If some one who had the means, the
disposition and sufficient knowl-
edge of Spanish would visit the
churches of Western Chihuahua
and Eastern Sonora. and Thoroughly
examine such records as there exist
in regard to all mines, l am sure it
would be no great task to locate all
of these mines. Whole towns, as
we'll as mining camps have disap-
peared. A careful collection and
comparison of the records would
undoubtedly lead to the re-discov.
cry of these mines, which were
abandoned simply because Mr.. Lo
decided it. There are evidences
everywhere of this hitherto un-
known country having been popu-
lated by others than the Indians,
who are still there in more or less
decreasing numbers.
INDIAN TROUBLES.
"Do Indians still stand in the way
of the development of the country?'
No; this was the home of the
Apaches until recently. They drove
away the miners and made the re-
gion uninhabitable for centuries.
The other Indians, who then, as
now, occupied it in large numbers,
such as PjnOes, Opulas, Seris, Pap
agoes, Arenoses and others, are and
have been at peace with their Span
ish or Anglo-Saxon neighbOrs. The
Apaches, however, have been more
recalcitrant, and have occupied the
country to the exclusion of all
whites, except at rare intervals.
About eighty years ago the Apache
tribe was induced by a prominent
priest of Sonora to settle on the
Sonora river, near the town of Ba-
cuachi, and remained there in peace
for about forty years, when they
left their peaceful pursuits because
of personal injuries received by one
of their chiefs at the hands of a
priest. They have been on the
warpath ever since"
"Did your expedition have any
trouble with the Indians?'
ave began surveying the public
lands in Sonora in August, 1885,
and have been continually survey
ing from that time up to the pres
ent. While this section was at the
mercy of the Indians and General
Crooks pet scouts, we began our
work at Monument No. Is, on the
Union Pacific lines, and continued
our work till we had finished that
district known as the District
Arispe. All Of that time, or at
least for four months, party OF
surveyors of a rival company lay
in Tombstone, A. T., waiting the
end of the Indian campaign to com
mence work. The Indians were
near us many times, yet we were
fortunate enough not to meet them
SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS.
"On one occasion party of Mex
! leans who had been travelling along
with us for protection left us al
Bacuachi and started for Forteras
At 4 P. NJ. the same day they were
ambushed, and seven out Of twelve
were killed, including one woman
and her two small children. Al
another time Mr.. Glenn and on
man ascended hill to take obser
vations, and while they heard firint
below, thinking it was his own mel
shooting at game, he paid no at
tention to it. When he came dow
he encountered an American sc
verely wounded in the leg, who toll
him he had been fired upon by In
dians, and he managed to escape
The Americans partner had beel
killed. The body was found after
wards. They were prospectors
The two parties of surveyors wer
repeatedly reported killed by tn
Indians. Though often in thei
vicinity we never had any casual
ties at their hands and we wer
,; never molested in our work by ott
, ers than Indians except on two oe
casions. The prefect or gOvernO